Boring, Tennessee

Boring is an unincorporated community in Sullivan County, Tennessee.^[1] Boring is located off Tennessee State Route 75 in Southern Sullivan County, southeast of Kingsport.

History

A post office called Boring was established in 1881, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1903.^[2] The community might be named for a member of the Boring family known to be residing here in the 1870s.^[3]

References

↑ USGS GNIS Feature Detail Report: Boring, Tennessee
↑ "Sullivan County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
↑ Miller, Larry L. (2001). Tennessee Place-names. Indiana University Press. p. 27. ISBN 0-253-21478-5.

Coordinates: 36°27′25″N 082°25′10″W / 36.45694°N 82.41944°W / 36.45694; -82.41944

Municipalities and communities of Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States

County seat: Blountville

Cities	Bluff City Bristol Johnson City‡ Kingsport‡

CDPs	Bloomingdale Blountville Colonial Heights Spurgeon‡ Walnut Hill

Unincorporated communities	Arcadia Boring Buffalo Cedar Grove (east) Cedar Grove (west) Fordtown Holston Valley Lynn Garden Morrison City Piney Flats Sullivan Gardens

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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